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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

5K: 21:26 (2005)

4 mile: 28:10 (2005)

10K: 43:33 (2010)

10 mile: 1:13:35 (2009) (1:12:15 split in 1/2 marathon, 2011)

1/2 marathon: 1:34:31 (2011)

marathon: 3:19:15 (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

3:20 marathon - Eugene Marathon, April 28, 2013 (can I say I really want a sub 3:20? but I will be happy with 3:20-3:23) -- whoohoo!

Some good intermediate races 15K - 1/2 marathon, to gauge my fitness level (done this, hit a 1:34:35 1/2 marathon in March 2013, on a hilly course)

Going after my 10 mile PR in Fall 2013

Maybe some good 10K races after the infernal Arizona summer is over! 




Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be one of those runners who is still running in their 80s (or 90s?).  You know the ones, who look all grisley and fit?  That is what I would like!  Until then, I just want to work hard and be as fast as I can, for as long as I can.


Personal:

50 year old, trying to defy gravity and time

Used to be faculty at the University of Arizona (biostatistics).  Currently manager of the statistics and data management group for companion diagnostics (biomarkers) at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Roche diagnostics).  We evaluate protein biomarkers that can be used to direct drug therapy that would be most effective based on individual characteristics (personalized medicine).

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Nice run with Dean on Fiesta Island. I did not think Dean and I would run the whole run together, but it was great that it worked out that we did! He is still getting over his weird knee "pop" before the Big Sur 1/2 marathon - and I am getting stronger again (from my down time - I felt like I lost a lot of endurance, but I seem to have gotten it back pretty well - which is cool.

Anyway - the run was really nice, it was on this man-made "island" - dirt/desert - the whole thing is a little more than 4 miles around, and we did 2 loops but 5 mins out-and-back and added on about a mile at the beginning to get to the "runners bathroom". Very nice. Dean estimated we did not quite run 11 miles - so I am calling it 10.5. It was about 60F and sunny.

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No running, but I did 6 miles on the exercise bike (20 mins - about 18 mph average) + abs and weights ... nice! Usually I can only squeeze in 20 mins of weights in the morning - it is nice to have time to cross-train a little on my rest day!

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Great Christmas Day run with Dean -- a little fast, but I was able to talk most of the way. The last 2 miles were pretty fast!!

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful day.

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Nice, easy run (sans Dean!) on Harbor Drive, 10 x 100m w/1` recovery

legs are tired today -- am debating on jumping a race tommorrow - could be fast - but kind of would rather put in some miles instead.

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1:20:42 Ran with my friend Lynn (also coached by Greg) -- we chatted like magpies the whole way -- really fun. Then we had a nice lunch/breakfast at a wonderful Mexican restaurant afterward.

This afternoon is a work afternoon for Dean and I - we are both a little behind in work and starting to get stressed about it; so we decided to spend some time working (while still enjoying the laid back atmosphere).

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54:13 - 25' steady state run. I am typing this from my Blackberry so it will be short. Hope all is well!

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57:41 -- nice run to Liberty Park 2.5 loops and back.  I wasn't sure how the altitude and hills would be after all those nice O2 filled flat runs, but all and all I was pleased.  I managed to run only 2 secs slower on the way home, despite the hills.  Quite sloppy out there today - with more snow on the way tonight.  

 

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